Chronic Pain, Quality of Life, and Suicidal Behavior

• By: Thomas R. Grinley, MBA, CMQ/OE, CLYB New Hampshire Dept. of Health and Human Services
• April 24th, 2024
• chronic pain, pain tolerance, quality of life, Spring 2024 Issue, suicidal ideation, suicide prevention
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In the mid-1970s, Quality of Life (QOL) was identified as a key medical concept (Berlim and Fleck, 2003). Readily adopted in oncology, the concept spread through different fields of medicine and eventually to psychiatry. Many tools were developed to take QOL from a subjective concept to a...

Outcome of Schizophrenia in Later Life: Conceptual Changes and Implications for Treatment and Policy

• By: Carl I. Cohen, MD SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University Division of Geriatric Psychiatry & Center of Excellence for Alzheimer’s Disease
• July 19th, 2023
• clinical recovery, cognition, depression, mental health, older adults, personalized care, psychiatry, quality of life, remission, research, schizophrenia, Summer 2023 Issue
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In tandem with the greying of the general population, there has been a dramatic increase in the number of older adults with schizophrenia (OAS). Since 2000, there has been a doubling of persons aged 55 and over with schizophrenia and they now comprise about one-fourth of all persons with...

Adapting the Compeer Volunteer Program During COVID-19

• By: Laura Stein, LMSW Westchester Jewish Community Services (WJCS)
• January 5th, 2022
• COVID-19, mentoring, quality of life, self-esteem, socialization, volunteers, Winter 2022 Issue
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It was mid-March 2020, and I, like so many others, will never forget how concerned I felt as I prepared to leave my office indefinitely to work from home due to the threat of COVID-19-19. It was a time when all of us were worried about our health and our futures, regardless of our circumstances....